I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
CASEY STENGELGood pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
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You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
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The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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